Woman with paralysed stomach hasn't eaten anything for eight years
- 21 days ago
A young woman with a paralysed stomach hasn't been able to eat or drink anything for eight years - and is fed through her heart to survive.
Liv Rose, 25, has struggled with stomach pain since the age of three but says doctors dismissed it as 'tummy ache'.
She struggled to eat anything other than bland foods - such as plain pasta or chicken.
Liv began vomiting undigested food but says her symptoms were dismissed for an eating disorder at first.
She was finally diagnosed with gastroparesis - when food passes through the stomach slower than it should - and pan-gut dysmotility - where the gut does not work as it should.
Now Liv has a Hickman line which goes directly into her heart so she can receive nutrition.
Liv Rose, 25, has struggled with stomach pain since the age of three but says doctors dismissed it as 'tummy ache'.
She struggled to eat anything other than bland foods - such as plain pasta or chicken.
Liv began vomiting undigested food but says her symptoms were dismissed for an eating disorder at first.
She was finally diagnosed with gastroparesis - when food passes through the stomach slower than it should - and pan-gut dysmotility - where the gut does not work as it should.
Now Liv has a Hickman line which goes directly into her heart so she can receive nutrition.